Koukou is called crazy for his different behavior. The village elders committee and his father decide to put him in a mental asylum. His brother Mahmoud, disillusioned by his love story, knows the decision and leads a fight to convince them of Koukou's innocence. But, he ends up making him flee from the village.

starring
Kouceila Mustapha, Mohamed Lefkir, Latifa Aissat

a film by Omar BELKACEMI

Algeria, 2021, Fiction, 1h37, Drama

Title: ARGU
Title (in France) : RÊVE
Type : Feature, Fiction
Duration : 97 min
Year of production : 2021
Country : Algeria

PRESS
"The director courageously takes us through the twists and turns of the difference of prejudices, of the falsehoods maintained, of the tyrannical fears to offer us a perception of the world rebelling to the laws of the group."
- Bassirou NIANG (Africiné Magazine, 23/12/2021)

Director : Omar Belkacemi

Screenplay: Omar Belkacemi
Cinematogapher: Yann Seweryn
Editor: Caroline Beuret
Music: Taous Amrouche
Sound: Kamel Mekesser
Production Design: Meziane Chafaa

PRODUCTION
- Agence Visual
- Centre Algérien pour le Développement du Cinéma (CADC)

DISTRIBUTION
Les Films des deux rives

CONTACT (Print Copy)
Agence Visual
visualagence(@)gmail.com

OFFICIAL WEBSITES
www.facebook.com/Argu-106804118013664/
https://filmsdesdeuxrives.wixsite.com/societe/argu


FESTIVALS / AWARDS

2022 | Festival du Film Arabe à FAMECK (Fameck, France / 05-16 octobre)
* Sélection

2022 | Biennale des Cinémas d'Afrique (Ste-Foy-Lès-Lyon, France)
* Selection
* Screening: on 14 & 15 June (Ciné-Mourguet, STE FOY LES LYON), with filmmaker in attendance

2022 | 17th Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève - FIFOG 2022 (Geneva, Switzerland, 13-19 June 2022)
* Features Fiction Competition
* Screening: on 16 June, Geneva, with filmmaker in attendance

2022 | 22nd Festival Cinémas du Sud (Lyon, France, 27-30 May 2022) Godmother: Dora Bouchoucha
* Selection

2022 | 4th Gabes Cinema Fen (Gabès, Tunisia, 06-12 mai 2022).
* Features Fiction Competition

2022 | Afrika FilmFestival de Louvain (Leuven, Belgium, 22 April - 07 May 2022)
* Selection
* Screening: on 25 April.

2022 | Rencontres internationales de cinéma d'Aflam (Marseille, France).
* Selection

2022 | BCAT #26 - CINE-AFRIQUE (Tours, France)
* Screening: on Sunday 3 April, at 11AM, with online/remote Q&A with Omar Belkacemi, the filmmaker.
www.studiocine.com/fiche-film/reve-argu.html

2022 | 11th Luxor African Film Festival (Luxor, Egypt)
* Features Fiction Competition

2021 | 32nd JCC - Carthage Film Days (Tunis, Tunisia) | 30 Oct - 6 Nov, 2021
* African Premiere
* Feature Narratives Competition. Filmmaker in attendance
* Paulin Vieyra - African Film Critics Award (FACC / AFCC)
* Special Mention FIPRESCI (International Critics Award)
www.jcctunisie.org/eng/filmsDetail.php?id_film=1

2021 | 43rd Festival Cinemed - Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier | 15-23 Octobre 2021 (Montpellier, France)
* World Premiere
* Prix des exploitants
* Selection: PANORAMA LONGS MÉTRAGES. Filmmaker in attendance
www.cinemed.tm.fr/film/reve

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AR

يعامل كوكو كمجنون بسبب سلوكه المختلف. تقرّر لجنة شيوخ القرية ووالده إيداعه في مصحة نفسية. شقيقه محمود، المصاب بخيبة أمل بسبب علاقته الغرامية، يعلم بالقرار، ويقود معركة لإقناعهم ببراءة كوكو. لكن انتهى به الأمر إلى إجباره على الفرار من القرية

المخرج : عمر بلقاسمي

النوع : روائي
مدة الفيلم : 97 min
سنة الانتاج : 2021
البلد : الجزائر

Source : JCC 2021
www.jcctunisie.org/ar/filmsDetail.php?id_film=1